Questions for chapter 12

1) Why can Europe be called "a peninsula or peninsulas"?
Its one big peninsula made up of a bunch of smaller peninsula put together


2) What European islands are located in North Atlantic?  In the Mediterranean Sea?
 The islands in North Atlantic is Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland. In the Mediterranean Sea there is Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Crete.

3) How do mountains and uplands affect life in Europe?
It serves as a natural barrier between places, makes it harder to move, and they protect the people from the wind.

4) The Alps arc across what countries or places?
France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the norther Balkan Peninsula. 

5) The Pyrenees are located where?
France, Spain, and Portugal

6) Where does the Danube flow?
The heart of Europe from west to east.

7) How are rivers used in Europe?
The rivers helped connect Europeans to the rest of the world, encouraging both trade and travels.

8) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern European Plain 

9) Why is it important?
It is important because it has fertile soil, and the flat land that produces large amounts of food.

10) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
The advantage of having the mountains is it blocks the wind and is hard to invade, but the disadvantage is that you aren't able to trade. Advantage to having rivers is that it is easy to trade. Advantage of the plains is that the fertile soil allows them to grow crops, but the flat lands also allows invaders. 

11) How did natural resources help Europe to become industrialized?
There large amount of coil and iron helped them to become industrialized and also there good transportation to move the steel.